Analysis

Some political leaders in Canada want to rekindle pipeline projects in the face of U.S. tariffs threatening the country’s energy security. Pipeline companies say they’ve moved on.

Prime Minister Trudeau says Trump's 51st state comments are real and, whether its an exaggeration or not, a deep threat to sovereignty is emerging that observers say will be hard to chart a path out from.

As a trade war looms on the horizon, the Liberal Party of Canada is seizing control of the election narrative, close political watchers say. Still, there's a long way to go if they're to form government.

Canadians officials may have a month to convince the White House to abandon its tariff threat, but in the meantime, experts say Ottawa should carefully consider the opportunities and risks of using fossil fuels as leverage.

Leading players in Canada’s electric vehicle industry move forward with multi-billion-dollar plans to build manufacturing plants at heart of country's future low-carbon economy, as U.S. president agrees to last-minute stay on looming levies.

Guelph-headquartered conglomerate’s government-backed investment in novel automotive propulsion systems, which will create 2,300 jobs, is a vote of confidence in long-term future of zero-emission vehicle ecosystem, says analyst

PC Leader Doug Ford is positioning affordable energy as a cornerstone of his mission of making Ontario an energy superpower. There's just one problem. The chosen approach doesn't make much sense, experts say.

California’s well-documented climate and fire history lets us see how global warming is cooking up ever more extreme fire conditions — and how the megafires are responding with accelerating frequency and fury — charts.

Looming 25 per cent levies on all Canadian exports to the U.S. are causing "uncertainty shock" in all industrial sectors but for climatetech companies trying to build commercial momentum they might be "decimating" – unless they can rethink their supply chain and export strategies.

Canada wants to host the next generation of data centres that will provide computing power needed for the burgeoning boom in artificial intelligence. But with many grids already maxed-out and the queue of IT players aiming to connect growing longer, where will the vast volumes of electricity come from?

As incoming U.S. President Donald Trump threatens a trade war to push Canadian officials to cave on a list of demands, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in a political bind that represents his first real threat to his electoral chances.

Increasing the flow of oil and gas to the United States to help avoid Trump's threat of 25 per cent tariffs is a key plank of Canada's diplomatic maneuvering, but it reveals a longstanding problem for the Canadian economy: we're severely vulnerable to an unpredictable neighbour.

Pension funds are gambling with Canadians’ retirement savings by placing multi-billion dollar bets on hydrogen's ability to rescue old, polluting gas pipelines from terminal decline, according to a climate finance advocacy organization.

Danielle Smith's visit to Mar-a-Lago is another example of the power vacuum left in the Liberal's collapse. It's still unclear if her visit will be beneficial or a waste of jet fuel.

Canadian metals and minerals are critical for the U.S. clean energy, defence and microchip sectors, but provide little if any leverage in trade negotiations with a tariff-focused Trump administration.